Horsemanship and Horsemastery

[Jerry Ross]

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Playing dead with your horse is pretty neat too . It has been a while since I did this . I missed jumping back on him when he started to get back up and it looked like we were playing leap frog . The picture attest to my stupidity those Jennifer trees are hard to replace....

[The Egyptian Homeguard]

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One thing that I was told long ago that is still true is that if a person says he never falls off.......then he probably ain't ridin' much....

Mark I don't fall off much, usually I'm forceably ejected... But hey that's been awhile too... knock on wood...Z

[Marine Mike]

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Forceably ejected. And I just thought I was going from the horse age to the space age. On one of those flights as I was mid-way to a rail fence sieve, my grandfathers advise about riding horses came to mind. "Don't"
The rest of the time Teddy was right. Outside of horse is good for the inside of a man.

[IowaYank]

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At Unison two years ago we were riding as CS. We set a ambush in the woods for the Feds. We sprung the ambush then went sprinting out into an open grass field. The morning dew was very thick on the grass. We were about at a full gallop and Maney slipped and went crashing to the ground. I went sliding off him and escaped with no injuries except for getting a good knock on back of the head from my tin drum canteen bashing me. Others said it looked very real seeing a horse go down like that. Imagine that was something the real boys saw very often.

[scrunchy]

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just remember... a horse will be your friend your entire life for a chance to kill you once!

[Tom Craig]

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Jerry,
Thanks for the picture! That must have been quite a show!

Tom Craig
1st Maine Cavalry

[Mark Choate]

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Not to be a wet blanket in the midst of all of this enjoyment, but remember that it is a Forum rule that all posts must be signed.

Thank you and we now return you to your regular programming!

Mark

[TexCavly]

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I missed jumping back on him when he started to get back up and it looked like we were playing leap frog .

I did leap frog with my horse one time, only my horse was standing quietly. I probably weighed 120 ibs at the time and decided to carry my carbine two pistols, canteen (full of water) and haversack (who knows why as nothing was in it) all on meself. So I decided to mount up in front of all the school kids. I threw my carbine over my shoulder, did my three bounces, heaved myself onto the slick seat of my Mac, missed the opposite stirrup saw my carbine flailing from over my shoulder, which yanked me the rest of the way of my horse, and hurt my pride all in less than a heart beat.

[The Egyptian Homeguard]

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Yea, wait till the horse (your supposed to be on) peels you off under a cedar tree (at a gallop) infront of the entire Federal line at a National event... just cause he didn't neckrein too well to the left... Young (untested) horses are great! I hit the ground and some how managed to keep hold of the lead strap. I handed the lead to the Sgt. Major and sprinted the final 25 yards to the Colonel. Who promptly asked where my saber and hat were before I could even report... It wasn't until a couple guys informed him I'd been unhorsed did he (Steve Dunfee) ask if I was actually okay... Note to self, remove that dad-gum wood cartrige box block prior to hitting the ground flat on your back! Z

[volcav]

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I was riding as a courier at Stone's River several years ago and had a mare step in a ground hog hole at a gallop. We went down end over end. We were lucky it had been raining and the ground was soft. Neither of us was hurt. I laid there for a couple of seconds thinking "OK, no pain. Let's try moving." Got up and my mare was standing on all four so I led her around in a circle both ways. She didn't show any signs of limping so I got on and rode off. Going down unexpectedly like that will sure raise your pucker factor.

That cartridge box must have hurt.

[Outrider]

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" Note to self, remove that dad-gum wood cartrige box block prior to hitting the ground flat on your back! "

A damn good reason why very very rarely will anyone ever see me sling a rifle or shotgun across my back. Landing on one hurts alot. This I know for a fact.

[ButtermilkRanger]

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I've accidently hit the ejection seat button a few times over the years. None of them worked out real well for me. The biggest wreck I nearly had was still in my 'streamer days at a farb event at Mansfield. I was riding in the lead set with about 50 guys in twos behind us. We were at a gallop across the original field. Unbeknownst to me immediately, my carbine was bouncing in the thimble and it twisted around just long enough for the carbine ring to get hooked on my pard's saber hook. We're at a full gallop, joined at the hip, on two high strung and independent horses in the lead set. The slightest wrong move, swerve, duck or stumble and it would have gotten ugly real quick. We were both trying to unhook ourselves and keep the pace and distance with our mounts at the same time. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get it done. We just sucked it up and rode hard and went into line formation. When we finally slowed to a walk and then a halt, we exhaled, caught our breath again and unhooked ourselves.